Details about Ioana Elena Marinescu

Homepage:	http://www.marinescu.eu
Workplace:	University of Pennsylvania, School of Social Policy & Practice Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), (more information at EDIRC) National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2024

Monopsony Power in the Labor Market
RFBerlin Discussion Paper Series, Rockwool Foundation Berlin (RF Berlin)

2022

Estimating Labor Market Power
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (11)
Green Energy Jobs in the US: What Are They, and Where Are They?
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
Racial Inequality in the U.S. Unemployment Insurance System
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)

2017

Labor Market Concentration
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (88)
Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2017) View citations (92)
See also Journal Article Labor Market Concentration, Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press (2022) View citations (73) (2022)
The Effect of Labor Market Information on Community College Students’ Major Choice
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (11)
See also Journal Article The Effect of Labor Market Information on Community College Students’ Major Choice, Economics of Education Review, Elsevier (2018) View citations (29) (2018)

2016

Can Fixed-Term Contracts Put Low Skilled Youth on a Better Career Path? Evidence from Spain
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)
Also in Working Papers, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Department of Economics (2015) View citations (1)
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2016) View citations (10)
Working Papers, FEDEA (2014) View citations (8)
See also Journal Article Can Fixed-term Contracts Put Low Skilled Youth on a Better Career Path? Evidence from Spain, The Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2019) View citations (36) (2019)
Mismatch Unemployment and the Geography of Job Search
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (27)
See also Journal Article Mismatch Unemployment and the Geography of Job Search, American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, American Economic Association (2018) View citations (96) (2018)
Opening the Black Box of the Matching Function: The Power of Words
Working Papers, eSocialSciences View citations (53)
Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2016) View citations (31)
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2015) View citations (26)
See also Journal Article Opening the Black Box of the Matching Function: The Power of Words, Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press (2020) View citations (87) (2020)
The General Equilibrium Impacts of Unemployment Insurance: Evidence from a Large Online Job Board
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)
Also in Working Papers, eSocialSciences (2016) View citations (8)
See also Journal Article The general equilibrium impacts of unemployment insurance: Evidence from a large online job board, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2017) View citations (99) (2017)
Chapter The General Equilibrium Impacts of Unemployment Insurance: Evidence from a Large Online Job Board, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2016) View citations (55) (2016)

2015

Divorce: What Does Learning Have to Do with It?
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (3)
Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2015) View citations (4)
See also Journal Article Divorce: What does learning have to do with it?, Labour Economics, Elsevier (2016) View citations (7) (2016)
The Sources of Wage Growth in a Developing Country
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
See also Journal Article The sources of wage growth in a developing country, IZA Journal of Labor & Development, Springer (2016) View citations (2) (2016)

2012

HIV, Wages, and the Skill Premium
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
See also Journal Article HIV, wages, and the skill premium, Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier (2014) View citations (2) (2014)
The Impact of Colombia's Pension and Health Insurance Systems on Informality
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (11)
Also in IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank (2011) View citations (5)
Wages, Job Queues, and Skills
2012 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics View citations (1)

2011

Informality and the expansion of social protection programs
MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (17)

2008

Are Judges Sensitive to Economic Conditions? Evidence from UK Employment Tribunals
Working Papers, Harris School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago
See also Journal Article Are Judges Sensitive to Economic Conditions? Evidence from Uk Employment Tribunals, ILR Review, Cornell University, ILR School (2011) View citations (35) (2011)
Job Security Legislation and Job Duration: Evidence From the UK
Working Papers, Harris School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago

2007

Cyclical Budgetary Policy and Economic Growth: What Do We Learn From OECD Panel Data?
Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (93)
See also Chapter Cyclical Budgetary Policy and Economic Growth: What Do We Learn from OECD Panel Data?, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2008) View citations (93) (2008)

2004

Technology and Financial Structure: Are Innovative Firms Different?
Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (93)
See also Journal Article Technology and Financial Structure: Are Innovative Firms Different?, Journal of the European Economic Association, MIT Press (2004) View citations (97) (2004)

Journal Articles

2025

Work attendance anxiety, precarious work schedules, and job satisfaction of essential retail workers during the early COVID-19 pandemic
PLOS ONE, 2025, 20, (3), 1-18

2024

Care Labor and Family Income Inequality: How Childcare Costs Exacerbate Inequality among U.S. Families
American Sociological Review, 2024, 89, (6), 1075-1103
Minimum Wage Employment Effects and Labour Market Concentration
The Review of Economic Studies, 2024, 91, (4), 1843-1883 View citations (1)
See also Working Paper Minimum Wage Employment Effects and Labor Market Concentration, NBER Working Papers (2019) View citations (49) (2019)
Monopsony Power in the Labor Market: From Theory to Policy
Annual Review of Economics, 2024, 16, (1), 491-518 View citations (5)
The Year in Review: Economics at the Antitrust Division 2023–2024
Review of Industrial Organization, 2024, 65, (4), 809-829

2023

Can Pigou at the Polls Stop Us Melting the Poles?
Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, 2023, 10, (4), 903 - 945 View citations (18)
See also Working Paper Can Pigou at the Polls Stop Us Melting the Poles?, NBER Working Papers (2019) View citations (24) (2019)
Economic conditions and the number of children in foster care
Children and Youth Services Review, 2023, 144, (C)
Green Energy Jobs in the United States: What Are They, and Where Are They?
Environmental and Energy Policy and the Economy, 2023, 4, (1), 202 - 237 View citations (2)
See also Chapter Green Energy Jobs in the United States: What Are They, and Where Are They?, NBER Chapters, 2022, 202-237 (2022) View citations (2) (2022)
The Year in Review: Economics at the Antitrust Division, 2022–2023
Review of Industrial Organization, 2023, 63, (4), 525-544 View citations (2)

2022

Labor Market Concentration
Journal of Human Resources, 2022, 57, (S), s167-s199 View citations (73)
See also Working Paper Labor Market Concentration, IZA Discussion Papers (2017) View citations (88) (2017)
Regression discontinuity threshold optimization
PLOS ONE, 2022, 17, (11), 1-19
The Labor Market Impacts of Universal and Permanent Cash Transfers: Evidence from the Alaska Permanent Fund
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2022, 14, (2), 315-40 View citations (35)
See also Working Paper The Labor Market Impacts of Universal and Permanent Cash Transfers: Evidence from the Alaska Permanent Fund, Working Papers (2019) View citations (14) (2019)
Universal Cash Transfers and Inflation
National Tax Journal, 2022, 75, (3), 627 - 653 View citations (1)

2021

Does electricity drive structural transformation? Evidence from the United States
Labour Economics, 2021, 68, (C) View citations (11)
See also Working Paper Does Electricity Drive Structural Transformation? Evidence from the United States, IZA Discussion Papers (2020) (2020)
The impact of the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation on job search and vacancy creation
Journal of Public Economics, 2021, 200, (C) View citations (40)
See also Working Paper The Impact of the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation on Job Search and Vacancy Creation, NBER Working Papers (2021) View citations (39) (2021)
Unemployment Insurance and Job Search Behavior*
The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2021, 136, (2), 887-931 View citations (36)
Wages, hires, and labor market concentration
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2021, 184, (C), 506-605 View citations (19)
See also Working Paper Wages, hires, and labor market concentration, Post-Print (2021) View citations (24) (2021)

2020

Concentration in US labor markets: Evidence from online vacancy data
Labour Economics, 2020, 66, (C) View citations (87)
See also Working Paper Concentration in US Labor Markets: Evidence From Online Vacancy Data, NBER Working Papers (2018) View citations (78) (2018)
Opening the Black Box of the Matching Function: The Power of Words
Journal of Labor Economics, 2020, 38, (2), 535 - 568 View citations (87)
See also Working Paper Opening the Black Box of the Matching Function: The Power of Words, Working Papers (2016) View citations (53) (2016)

2019

Can Fixed-term Contracts Put Low Skilled Youth on a Better Career Path? Evidence from Spain
The Economic Journal, 2019, 129, (620), 1693-1730 View citations (36)
See also Working Paper Can Fixed-Term Contracts Put Low Skilled Youth on a Better Career Path? Evidence from Spain, NBER Working Papers (2016) View citations (10) (2016)
Measuring Labor Market Power Two Ways
AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2019, 109, 317-21 View citations (32)
Reprint of: The general equilibrium impacts of unemployment insurance: Evidence from a large online job board
Journal of Public Economics, 2019, 171, (C), 70-85

2018

Mismatch Unemployment and the Geography of Job Search
American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 2018, 10, (3), 42-70 View citations (96)
See also Working Paper Mismatch Unemployment and the Geography of Job Search, NBER Working Papers (2016) View citations (27) (2016)
Quasi-experimental causality in neuroscience and behavioural research
Nature Human Behaviour, 2018, 2, (12), 891-898
The Effect of Labor Market Information on Community College Students’ Major Choice
Economics of Education Review, 2018, 65, (C), 18-30 View citations (29)
See also Working Paper The Effect of Labor Market Information on Community College Students’ Major Choice, NBER Working Papers (2017) View citations (11) (2017)

2017

Job search monitoring and assistance for the unemployed
IZA World of Labor, 2017, 380 View citations (6)
The general equilibrium impacts of unemployment insurance: Evidence from a large online job board
Journal of Public Economics, 2017, 150, (C), 14-29 View citations (99)
See also Working Paper The General Equilibrium Impacts of Unemployment Insurance: Evidence from a Large Online Job Board, NBER Working Papers (2016) View citations (9) (2016)
Chapter The General Equilibrium Impacts of Unemployment Insurance: Evidence from a Large Online Job Board, NBER Chapters, 2016 (2016) View citations (55) (2016)

2016

Divorce: What does learning have to do with it?
Labour Economics, 2016, 38, (C), 90-105 View citations (7)
See also Working Paper Divorce: What Does Learning Have to Do with It?, IZA Discussion Papers (2015) View citations (3) (2015)
The sources of wage growth in a developing country
IZA Journal of Labor & Development, 2016, 5, (1), 1-43 View citations (2)
Also in IZA Journal of Labor & Development, 2016, 5, (1), 1-43 (2016) View citations (2)
See also Working Paper The Sources of Wage Growth in a Developing Country, IZA Discussion Papers (2015) (2015)

2014

HIV, wages, and the skill premium
Journal of Health Economics, 2014, 37, (C), 181-197 View citations (2)
See also Working Paper HIV, Wages, and the Skill Premium, IZA Discussion Papers (2012) (2012)

2013

Informality and the expansion of social protection programs: Evidence from Mexico
Journal of Health Economics, 2013, 32, (5), 938-950 View citations (62)

2011

Are Judges Sensitive to Economic Conditions? Evidence from Uk Employment Tribunals
ILR Review, 2011, 64, (4), 673-698 View citations (35)
See also Working Paper Are Judges Sensitive to Economic Conditions? Evidence from UK Employment Tribunals, Working Papers (2008) (2008)

2009

Job Security Legislation and Job Duration: Evidence from the United Kingdom
Journal of Labor Economics, 2009, 27, (3), 465-486 View citations (40)

2004

Technology and Financial Structure: Are Innovative Firms Different?
Journal of the European Economic Association, 2004, 2, (2-3), 277-288 View citations (97)
See also Working Paper Technology and Financial Structure: Are Innovative Firms Different?, Scholarly Articles (2004) View citations (93) (2004)

Chapters

2024

The Labor Demand Side of Involuntary Part-Time Employment
A chapter in Big Data Applications in Labor Economics, Part A, 2024, vol. 52A, pp 35-70 View citations (1)

2022

Green Energy Jobs in the United States: What Are They, and Where Are They?
A chapter in Environmental and Energy Policy and the Economy, volume 4, 2022, pp 202-237 View citations (2)
See also Journal Article Green Energy Jobs in the United States: What Are They, and Where Are They?, University of Chicago Press (2023) View citations (2) (2023)

2016

The General Equilibrium Impacts of Unemployment Insurance: Evidence from a Large Online Job Board
A chapter in Social Insurance Programs (Trans-Atlantic Public Economics Seminar, TAPES), 2016 View citations (55)
See also Working Paper The General Equilibrium Impacts of Unemployment Insurance: Evidence from a Large Online Job Board, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2016) View citations (9) (2016)
Journal Article The general equilibrium impacts of unemployment insurance: Evidence from a large online job board, Elsevier (2017) View citations (99) (2017)

2008

Cyclical Budgetary Policy and Economic Growth: What Do We Learn from OECD Panel Data?
A chapter in NBER Macroeconomics Annual 2007, Volume 22, 2008, pp 251-278 View citations (93)
See also Working Paper Cyclical Budgetary Policy and Economic Growth: What Do We Learn From OECD Panel Data?, Harvard University Department of Economics (2007) View citations (93) (2007)